decorousness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for decorousness
Noun
  • Vance’s family used her fitness Instagram page to deliver the news of her death.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 6 Mar. 2025
  • No experience is necessary and all fitness levels are welcome.
    Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Newsweek spoke to etiquette expert Jo Hayes about the colleague's behavior, and what the original poster (OP) should do next.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
  • What is the proper etiquette when addressing a salesperson or clerk in a retail setting?
    Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Wittingly or not, nobody embodied this behavior better than Musk, who has spent the past decade operating with a healthy contempt for institutions, any semblance of decorum, and the law.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Disorder again ensued at the Jan. 28 commissioners court meeting, as the court approved a new decorum policy amid opposition from Democrats on the court and several Tarrant County residents who spoke out on the change.
    Cody Copeland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Andrews' nuanced design of P.L. Travers' creation is an astute, mellifluous, and delightfully intimidating creature of talent and propriety — and as the world would realize, so, too, was Andrews.
    EW Staff, EW.com, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Here, Gomez speaks with Variety about the propriety of the FCC’s actions and the potential harm that may come to broadcast journalism.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 8 Feb. 2025
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“Decorousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decorousness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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